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Title: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: eliyahu on August 02, 2015, 04:00:18 PM
DirOpus 4 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/diropus4/) has just received another update, this time to version 4.18.44 (link (http://sourceforge.net/projects/diropus4/files/DirectoryOpus4-OS4/)). According to amiga-news.de (http://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2015-08-00002-EN.html), the changes in this build are:

Many folks may not be aware that both DirOpus 4 and DirOpus 5 remain under active development. The new DirOpus 4 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/diropus4) builds are only for AOS4, but DirOpus 5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dopus5allamigas/) builds are available for AOS3, AOS4, and AROS. Check them out! Thanks to amiga-news.de for the changelog. :)

-- eliyahu

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Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Matt_H on August 02, 2015, 09:02:50 PM
Do you know who's maintaining DOpus4 these days? There's a new bug/feature that's been in the OS4 version since it came into being years ago. Whenever you uniconify the program it reloads the directory windows. And if you're like me, you have DOpus auto start iconified (as window) at boot time. And if you're also like me, you have the default directories set to be blank/empty. And if you reload a blank directory (same effect as pressing Enter in an empty path string) DOpus will load the directory it was started from. So whenever I go into DOpus after boot I'm presented with SYS:DirOpus4/ instead of blank windows.

Would love to be able to go back to the uniconify behavior that the OS3 version had!
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: eliyahu on August 02, 2015, 09:08:34 PM
@Matt_H

that's a good point. i've never liked that behavior, either. i think the maintainer these days is xenic, but he doesn't have an account here. you can try sending him a PM on amigaworld.net or amigans.net where he does. let us know what he says. :)

-- eliyahu
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: itix on August 03, 2015, 12:24:07 AM
Quote from: eliyahu;793457
DirOpus 5 (http://sourceforge.net/projects/dopus5allamigas/) builds are available for AOS3, AOS4, and AROS. Check them out! Thanks to amiga-news.de for the changelog. :)


If there is demand I can build MorphOS binaries for DOpus4 and 5.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Brian on August 03, 2015, 08:34:28 AM
Too bad it's not updated for OS3.x. :(
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: AmiDude on August 03, 2015, 10:31:24 AM
I second that. Why no version for O.S. 3.1? :confused: Considering that there are more O.S. 3.x users than O.S. 4.x users.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Gulliver on August 03, 2015, 12:54:51 PM
Quote from: Brian;793480
Too bad it's not updated for OS3.x. :(


+1
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: OlafS3 on August 03, 2015, 01:18:12 PM
Quote from: Gulliver;793489
+1

because the programmer solely interested in 4.X?
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: eliyahu on August 03, 2015, 02:20:27 PM
@thread

the developer is working on OS3 builds, actually. he was working in the OS3 trunk just a a couple of weeks ago. the project is for OS3, OS4, and MOS. it's just that the only one actively working on it is xenic, and he's only working on the OS3 and OS4 branches. but anyone can pitch in if they'd like: it's open-source. i'm sure he'd appreciate some help! :)

if/when there are updates of DOpus for any platform, i'll be sure to post it in the news section, like i do for any major software update out there. ;)

-- eliyahu
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: cgutjahr on August 03, 2015, 06:22:51 PM
Quote from: eliyahu;793493

the developer is working on OS3 builds, actually.

No he's not. MorphOS developer Polluks uploaded a bunch of missing catalog files to the MOS and OS3 branches a few weeks ago, and Jeff simply fixed a wrong "executable" property on one of those files.

Quote

the project is for OS3, OS4, and MOS.

Nobody has done any real work on the OS3 version since about 2003. In 2008, there was a port of the OS3 version to MorphOS, which hasn't been improved since then. The only version that is still actively developed, is the OS4 branch.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: eliyahu on August 03, 2015, 06:34:32 PM
@cgutjahr

thanks for the correction. sounds like an opportunity for a classic developer out there, then. anyone interested?

-- eliyahu
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Pyromania on August 04, 2015, 04:21:28 AM
I always loved DOpus and it's great it's still actively being developed. I prefer version 4 not 5 but that's just me. It would be cool to see a version for MorphOS too.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: klx300r on August 04, 2015, 04:26:26 AM
always a pleasure to see my favourite file management program for my miggy and PC being actively updated so thanks to all involved!
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: BSzili on August 04, 2015, 09:17:33 AM
Quote from: itix;793466
If there is demand I can build MorphOS binaries for DOpus4 and 5.
There definitely is. The MorphOS port of DOpus4 could really use an update.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: itix on August 04, 2015, 11:17:25 AM
Quote from: BSzili;793537
There definitely is. The MorphOS port of DOpus4 could really use an update.


Ok. I can check it out although it seems there has been mostly cosmetic changes.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: pyrre on August 04, 2015, 03:28:20 PM
I would love to see the bug crashing the system when changing the settings on an amiga not running the default resolution removed. (if such fix already isn't made)....
That would be all i need from dopus 4, the best file browes i have ever touched for any operating system. ever......
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: ribdevil1 on August 04, 2015, 05:41:29 PM
@ Eliyahu

The http://www.dopus5.org  site with the daily builds for Dopus 5, is down some time ago.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Matt_H on August 05, 2015, 03:21:16 AM
Quote from: pyrre;793546
I would love to see the bug crashing the system when changing the settings on an amiga not running the default resolution removed. (if such fix already isn't made)....
That would be all i need from dopus 4, the best file browes i have ever touched for any operating system. ever......


As far as the OS3 version is concerned, I believe that bug (system crashes when opening config window if screen is set to more than 8 colors) was fixed long ago. See here: http://aminet.net/package/util/dopus/DOpus416JRbin

The final OS3 version was 4.17beta21 and is pretty much rock solid on my OS3 and MorphOS systems. Hopefully it's still online somewhere. I remember reading that the source code for that beta series was lost, unfortunately.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: giZmo350 on August 05, 2015, 03:36:09 AM
Yea, I think you can still get most of the beta's here....

http://dopus.free.fr/betas.php

:)
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Tygre on August 05, 2015, 01:58:11 PM
+1
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Tygre on August 05, 2015, 01:59:20 PM
Quote from: Brian;793480
Too bad it's not updated for OS3.x. :(

+1
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Matt_H on August 05, 2015, 08:59:58 PM
Quote from: gizmo350;793569
Yea, I think you can still get most of the beta's here....

http://dopus.free.fr/betas.php

:)


That's the place! Thanks.
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: Dandy on October 01, 2015, 01:14:39 PM
Quote from: Pyromania;793531


I always loved DOpus and it's great it's still actively being developed. I prefer version 4 not 5 but that's just me. It would be cool to see a version for MorphOS too.



Nah - that's not just you.
You can count me in as well (OS 3.9)...
Title: Re: Directory Opus 4 updated to 4.18.44
Post by: kolla on October 02, 2015, 12:32:57 AM
Am I the only one who find it strange that there is a fork of DOpus4 for each OS, instead of common development?